Main specs
Actor(s): Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Peter Billingsley, Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, Bradley Pierce
Director(s): Jon Favreau, Joe Johnston
Genre: Family
Classification: Parental Guidance
Running Time: 3 hours 21 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: In both ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE and JUMANJI, an innocent-looking board game leads its players into another realm, full of mystery and adventure.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 26/06/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: CDRP 4833
Barcode: 5035822483316
Screenwriter: John Kamps, Jonathan Hensleigh, David Koepp, Jim Strain, Greg Taylor
Composer: James Horner, John Debney
Executive Producer: Jonathan Hensleigh
Producer: Ted Field, David Koepp, Scott Kroopf
Author: David Koepp, Chris Van Allsburg
Languages
Main Language: English
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DVD Description
Two features. Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau (SWINGERS, ELF) delivers another work of intelligent, charming family fare with ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg (JUMANJI). Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another, bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire, he leaves them in the dubious care of older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart), who is sleeping upstairs. When Danny discovers an old board game called Zathura stored in the basement, his excitement is lost on Walter, who has no time for such old, boring toys. Soon, however, the game becomes impossible to ignore, as the boys are transported into space, and one of them must win in order to make it home again. Each turn brings a new, often dangerous, surprise, and the boys are faced with a murderous robot, an explosive meteor shower, and lizard-like aliens, while poor Lisa is cryogenically frozen early in the game. The adventure yields some heartwarming, family-friendly life lessons, and Dax Shepard (IDIOCRACY) is unusually subdued in his role as a stranded astronaut. Also includes JUMANJI.
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Professional reviews
Review: ZATHURA is a rarity: a stellar fantasy that faces down childhood anxieties with feet-on-the-ground maturity (Entertainment Weekly, )
In the enchanted limbo between waking and sleeping, ZATHURA feels both real and unreal, like a dream you could shake off at any moment. (New York Times, )
Favreau and his effects team have fun with the retro-futurist stylings of the game....The relatively restrained use of computer imagery is refreshing... (Sight And Sound, )
...The film unleashes an arsenal of special effects that are dazzling to the eye....In addition to Williams' heartfelt, vulnerable performance, Hunt elicits humour and pathos... (Variety, )
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